Empuriabrava Now: Exploring the Coastal Gem and Canal Wonderland

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Picture taken from CBrava.com After a couple of weeks of heavy rain and battering winds, it's seems Empuriabrava and the surrounding area might be in for a break in the bad weather. The beach front of Empuriabrava basically saw the beach dissapering around the New Year, this being because of the heavy rain and pounding winds. The town also saw a huge electric outage, this could have been caused by the weather, although nothing has been reported. Now that the Holiday period is out of the way, we can now all look forward to the Summer coming, not quick enough for me.

Picture taken from Matt Fogertys Facebook Page. Yes it's true! Australia's own Kylie Minogue has spent the day in Empuriabrava, visiting the Skyrats Aerodrome . Not really sure what else shes been up to, but she is on holiday in the French Alps, so a trip down here is not very far.

In 2008, the town of Empuriabrava has had some really bad press. This has been mainly because of the ongoing crisis between the owners of moorings and houses in the town and the Spanish government who is trying to take land from them. As someone who has lived in the town for the past 7 years, it's not only 2008 that has given Empuriabrava a bad name, it can do that all by itself. The town in need of a huge cash boost to improve it's look, which is disgusting. Take the beach front for instance, who would want to spend their summer there? It's like a huge waste land of dog excrement, and sand. I'm not talking about the beach, i mean the area between the beach and the road, it's disgusting. Also the entrance to the town is so unappealing, empty warehouses and scrub land! If you were thinking of purchasing a house in the town which you had never visited and were promised it to be a paradise of canals and million euros homes, i think you might be a little dissapointed.

Parents in the area of Castello d Empuries which includes Empuriabrava, are not happy about paying for the school bus service which gets hundreds of children to school every morning and home every evening. In the surrounding area, no other school has yet declared that anyone has pay. The town council is trying to reverse this decision. No on ehas to pay for the service unitl 2009. Please leave your comments about this here.

So the summer of 2008 has finally gone. The tourists have all gone back home and the town is back to it's normal self, nearly. With the long hot summer days, BBQ's and late nights at the beach they all have to come to an end as the dark winter nights draw in. But dont worry everyone, the summer of 2009 is only about 250 days away, and it will be here before you know it. So enjoy your nights by the fire and early morning walks on the empty but freezing cold wind swept beach.

Here's a great videi showing the SkyDivers from SkyRats showing their support for what the Spanish Government is trying to do to Empuriabrava-

According to reports, the crime of fighting between locals and holiday revellers dropped in this year to it's lowest ever. The local council has said that the improved presence of both the local police and the Mossos d'Esqaudra in the town helped Empuriabrava improve on it's somewhat violent past few years. The area of Los Arcos saw the largest improvement, this being dow to the CCTV and larger presence of the police as stated before. Empuriabrava has been one of the largest crime blackspots on the Costa Brava, with lot's of other towns taking note and not letting them slide in knife attacks and fist fights.

For all the English community please post your comments here and get everyone together to fight against your land being taken back. The Ap Empuriabrava is the way forward in stopping this stupid crime. Please add your comment to this post about how you feel, and what else can be done to stop this. Thank You.